Google Chrome up to 128.0.6613.119 Skia heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Skia. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-8636. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Skia. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.137 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The weakness was released by Renan Rios. The advisory is shared for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8636. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 11/16/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211222 (Fedora 41 : chromium (2024-9e85c72624)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 128.0.6613.137 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211222). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 211222
Nessus Name: Fedora 41 : chromium (2024-9e85c72624)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 128.0.6613.137

Timelineinfo

09/11/2024 🔍
09/11/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2025 +180 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: chromereleases.googleblog.com
Researcher: Renan Rios
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-8636 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8636
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-277136

Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2024 07:51
Updated: 03/10/2025 16:07
Changes: 09/11/2024 07:51 (56), 09/12/2024 13:43 (2), 09/14/2024 14:37 (20), 11/16/2024 15:53 (2), 03/10/2025 16:07 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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